Flanders - England Youth Team Encounter 2026
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32 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 09 May 2026 to 10 May 2026 in Brussels, Belgium. 3 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2113, and top seed was Qixiang Han (🇬🇧 ENG, FM, 2310).
Timur Klimenko (🇧🇪 BEL, 1853) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Hector Surkol (3.0) and Lisirui Shieh (2.5). Klimenko won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Anbo Liu (1524) beat Louis Verspecht (1822), a +298-point gap.
Location
🇧🇪Brussels, Belgium
Dates
09 May 2026 → 10 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Team · 3 rounds
Titled players · 3
FM×2
CM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇧🇪Belgium×18
🇬🇧England×14
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Klimenko, Timur | 🇧🇪BEL | 1853 | 3.0 | 1791 | 2591 | +50.0 |
| 1 | Surkol, Hector | 🇧🇪BEL | 2113 | 3.0 | 1874 | 2674 | +24.8 |
| 4 | Shieh, Lisirui | 🇬🇧ENG | 1613 | 2.5 | 1681 | 1954 | +51.2 |
| 3 | Ok, Miro | 🇧🇪BEL | 1891 | 2.5 | 1805 | 2078 | +25.6 |
| 6 | Nguyen, Khoi | 🇧🇪BEL | 2093 | 2.5 | 1870 | 2143 | +6.4 |
| 5 | Govoreanu, Matei | 🇧🇪BEL | 2126 | 2.5 | 2069 | 2342 | +30.8 |
| 7 | Ba, Amy | 🇬🇧ENG | 1534 | 2.5 | 1659 | 1932 | +60.0 |
| 12 | Van De Westelaken, Stefan | 🇧🇪BEL | 1628 | 2.0 | 1563 | 1688 | +9.2 |
| 8 | FMHan, Qixiang | 🇬🇧ENG | 2310 | 2.0 | 2190 | 2315 | +0.6 |
| 10 | Waller, Nathanael | 🇬🇧ENG | 1551 | 2.0 | 1655 | 1780 | +37.2 |
| 11 | Stroobant, Arne | 🇧🇪BEL | 1933 | 2.0 | 1837 | 1962 | +4.0 |
| 9 | Liu, Anbo | 🇬🇧ENG | 1524 | 2.0 | 1695 | 1820 | +45.6 |
| 13 | Gomez, Hal | 🇬🇧ENG | 1805 | 1.5 | 1862 | 1862 | +9.6 |
| 14 | Bolhov, Ivan | 🇧🇪BEL | 1840 | 1.5 | 1790 | 1790 | -8.4 |
| 15 | Geenen, Kobe | 🇧🇪BEL | 1855 | 1.5 | 1792 | 1792 | -10.8 |
| 21 | Nguyen, Lam Vy Le | 🇬🇧ENG | 1871 | 1.0 | 2046 | 1921 | +6.8 |
| 19 | Saxena, Reyansh | 🇬🇧ENG | 1802 | 1.0 | 1861 | 1736 | -10.4 |
| 18 | Ivanov, Theo | 🇧🇪BEL | 1700 | 1.0 | 1566 | 1441 | -41.6 |
| 23 | Ren, Jason | 🇬🇧ENG | 1763 | 1.0 | 1849 | 1724 | -5.6 |
| 17 | Sewart, Daniel | 🇬🇧ENG | 1813 | 1.0 | 1984 | 1859 | +6.4 |
| 20 | De Block, Fabio | 🇧🇪BEL | 2145 | 1.0 | 2141 | 2141 | -0.2 |
| 22 | Mirakyan, Alex | 🇧🇪BEL | 1927 | 1.0 | 1820 | 1820 | -12.0 |
| 16 | CMRaptis, Filippos | 🇧🇪BEL | 2206 | 1.0 | 1972 | 2772 | +8.4 |
| 25 | Carter, Benjamin | 🇬🇧ENG | 1826 | 0.5 | 1991 | 1718 | -14.8 |
| 24 | FMToledo, Hillel | 🇧🇪BEL | 2300 | 0.5 | 2310 | 2310 | +0.2 |
| 26 | Kennedy, Aden | 🇬🇧ENG | 1926 | 0.0 | 2111 | 1311 | -31.2 |
| 27 | Sudagar, Vidhyuth Kavin | 🇬🇧ENG | 1807 | 0.0 | 1866 | 1066 | -50.0 |
| 29 | Verhagen, Tristan | 🇧🇪BEL | 1714 | 0.0 | 1574 | 774 | -55.2 |
| 32 | Gilson, Pacome | 🇧🇪BEL | 1636 | 0.0 | 1538 | 738 | -50.8 |
| 31 | Li, Harvey | 🇬🇧ENG | 1972 | 0.0 | 2159 | 1359 | -30.8 |
| 30 | Pham Hoang, Minh | 🇧🇪BEL | 1563 | 0.0 | 1534 | 734 | -21.6 |
| 28 | Verspecht, Louis | 🇧🇪BEL | 1822 | 0.0 | 1524 | 724 | -34.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Ba, AmyENG+60.02.5 pts · #7
- 2Shieh, LisiruiENG+51.22.5 pts · #4
- 3Klimenko, TimurBEL+50.03.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Verhagen, TristanBEL-55.20.0 pts · #29
- 2Gilson, PacomeBEL-50.80.0 pts · #32
- 3Sudagar, Vidhyuth KavinENG-50.00.0 pts · #27
Biggest upsets
- R3+298 Elo gap
- R2+180 Elo gap
- R1+112 Elo gap